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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo

And with school authorities deciding which eBooks to use for the academic year, students are left with little to no choice but to comply with their institute’s demands. Decrease in State Funding: The government has been scaling back on the funding on college education since the great recession of 2008. Use Open Source eBooks.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

And this is what George Siemens, Rita Kop, Dave Cormier and I have done over a series of six or so Massive Open Online Courses ( MOOCs ) since 2008. Beyond eBooks CLARK QUINN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012. MOOCs , OER University, Stanford AI. Contributed to the UNESCO OER discussion list , February 16, 2009. Richard E.